JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa said on Thursday that due
to fears over the spread of the Ebola virus it was banning
travelers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone from entering the
country, apart from its own citizens.

The deadly Ebola disease has killed more than 1,300 people this
year in the three small west African states and also has a
toehold in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy.

Travelers from Nigeria, where there is a much smaller outbreak,
will be allowed entry. South African citizens returning from the
three highest risk countries will be permitted entry but will be
subject to a stricter screening process, a government statement
said.